Editor’s note: This story will be updated periodically with details that apply to the Arlington community. Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order on July 2...

He never mentioned Donald Trump by name, nor Joe Biden. But late Thursday, a worried Andrew Young posted a YouTube video in which he urged viewers to turn away from the current president’s “America First” approach and back the nation’s re-engagement as a world leader.

Here’s a counter-intuitive thought with statistical underpinnings: it is possible that the worse that Georgia voters think President Donald Trump will do this November, the more likely it is that Republicans will avoid an Election Day calamity. Call it a potential brake on straight-ticket voting, which now threatens GOP control of the state House, not to mention U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s re-election bid.

Mail balloting in the presidential election began Friday as North Carolina starts sending out more than 600,000 ballots to voters.

A roundup of Georgia political and government news.

The Republican rift over U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s seat is deepening by the day. But David Perdue is eager to prove he’s unified GOP voters in Georgia’s other U.S. Senate race.

Georgia students got a reprieve from standardized tests last spring after schools closed for the coronavirus pandemic, but should not expect another pass this school year.

It seemed like Billy Joe Driver, 84, was always around in this Alabama city after 36 years as mayor.

Go behind the scenes with Ronald Hsu at his Atlanta restaurant Lazy Betty as he navigates doing business during the coronavirus pandemic.

One of the free COVID-19 testing sites run by the DeKalb County Board of Health will be open on Labor Day.